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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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